The Chronicle of Heroes ~ Of Fiends and Shadows

[The Midgard Times]

Day 6

"H-hey Melot."

"Good afternoon, Matthew. Who's this?"

"This is... Orpheus. He's new."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, oh great Sir Melot... I've been wanting to meet you personally for a while now."

"Haven't I seen you around here for a few weeks now?"

"Oh no, he was just here as my guest is all!"

"Anyways, welcome to the Dark Allegiance. Now, I've got some business to attend to. You know where the door is, I presum--"

"How does having a Council feel?"

"Excuse me?"

"Orpheus, don't..."

"I said: How does having a council feel? You once used to command the whole Dark Allegiance until Eudoxie split it in two. Now it's whole again, but you never recovered the power you had over the Dark Side."

"I did not favor the idea of a council at first, but in time I saw that one man cannot control everything. The input from people with different mindsets have carried us to where we are now."

"To the allegiance... on the brink of destruction?"

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(To answer some questions I've been asked: This takes place between Kushiel's breakout from prison, up until the moment everyone finds out Kushiel plans to go through Midcamp to reach Yggdrasil. Think of it as setting the bases for what's to come~)